Rumour has it that you may finally decide not to run from Radhanpur.
I’ll definitely contest from there. I’ve had the seat vacated, now I’m not going to have another one vacated. It wouldn’t be proper.
Is the Rashtriya Sant Samaj being set up to combat the VHP and its Hindu card in Radhanpur?
No. People have been coming to us from the VHP, the Kisan Sangh and the RSS, organising themselves as they see fit. We aren’t combating the VHP, we are ignoring them, not even condemning the agitation. No one is taking them seriously. You see what happened to the bandh.
So you are not cloning the VHP, Kisan Sangh, etc?
No. The RJP is open-minded, people can come. We are a regional party. We stand for regionalism, pride in the state and its culture. Our organisational set-up is different, each worker is accountable, because he holds an identity-card.
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